Wed.Mar 24, 2021

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Four Themes Will Shape The Future Of Insurance

Forrester IT

The future of insurance is here. That’s my view and I am sticking to it. Insurers can no longer wait on the sidelines. You must get in the game. What game you ask? The game for who wins the hearts and wallets of tomorrow’s insurance customer. Your competitors (think Amazon, Tesla, and Lemonade) give consumers […].

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Anduril hires Pentagon vet Zachary Mears as head of strategy

CTOvision

Anduril Industries has brought in Zachary Mears, a former senior Pentagon staffer, as head of strategy, the company is expected to announce Tuesday. Mears had been running Covington & Burling’s public […].

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ServiceNow Buys Intellibot

Forrester IT

ServiceNow just announced that it plans to purchase Intellibot and add to its integration and process capabilities. As we predicted in 2020 (graphic below) the major low-code and cloud vendors are starting to move into the robotic process automation (RPA) market. The 2022 snapshot shows cloud low-code vendors such as ServiceNow and specialized domain-focused cloud […].

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Aerospike Cloud Puts Enterprises in Control of Their Digital Transformation Strategy

CTOvision

Aerospike Inc., the global leader in next-generation, real-time NoSQL data solutions, today announced the release of the Aerospike Kubernetes Operator and advancements in Aerospike Cloud Managed Service to help enterprises […].

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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China Is Leading Global Blockchain Adoption For Digital Transformation

Forrester IT

Distributed ledger technology (AKA blockchain) is catalyzing a long-term shift of trust in distributed business environments worldwide. Chained data blocks make assets traceable, cryptography enables trusted ownership, and consensus algorithms realize distributed business consistency. In the meantime, the critical challenges brought by COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated the need to prioritize blockchain adoption.

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Number of Ethereum on exchanges drop to new low

CTOvision

Data from analytics company CryptoQuant shows that the number of Ethereum held on centralized exchanges has dropped to a new low. Since September 2020, the number of Ethereum held on exchanges […].

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Elevate Security Produces Global Employee Risk Insights Report

CTOvision

Elevate Security has produced a first-of-its-kind analysis of more than 1.5 million anonymized employees’ security decisions. This groundbreaking research is the industry’s first global research report on employee security decisions […].

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The $162B Design Industry Won’t Stop Growing

Forrester IT

We just published a new look at the design industry and the trends driving it. Forrester clients can see it here: The Design Industry, 2021. We estimate the size of the global design industry to be $162B and believe multiple software categories used in design will grow more than 20% this year. And right on […].

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The Graph Compels but Risks Getting Overwhelmed by Crypto Fever

CTOvision

Read Josh Enomoto explain why The Graph looks very promising cryptocurrency but there are risks involved on Nasdaq Blog : With Bitcoin having regained the $50,000 level and then some, […].

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MSSP Is The Eighth Word You Can’t Say On TV

Forrester IT

“The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection And Response, Q1 2021” is now live — and this is a seriously impressive group of vendors. I want to give a sincere thanks to them all for the effort and work they put into it. Vendors don’t always agree on things — especially with competitors. But one thing quite […].

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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ConfigMgr Superseded By Supersedes Columns | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post ConfigMgr Superseded By Supersedes Columns | SCCM appeared first on HTMD Device Management by Anoop C Nair.

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Boost Confidence And Transparency By Elevating Digital Superannuation Experiences

Forrester IT

A perfect storm of change has hit the superannuation sector, as three distinct trends have converged. First, COVID-19 has accelerated digital adoption as super firms’ websites and mobile apps have become hubs for their members’ retirement planning decisions. In the past year, 60% of Australian online adults checked their account balance and transaction history online, […].

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Get Your Boss to Pay for Professional Development | Sample Request Letter

Association of Information Technology Professional

Waltzing into your boss’s office and asking him or her to pay for your certification exam might make you cringe with anxiety, but don’t worry. We’ve got all the research to show the benefits of your certification far outweighing the cost -- and an actionable letter expressing same.

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Learn From Natural Language Processing Use Cases To Build Your Projects In Production

Forrester IT

Many solutions have already adopted technologies we introduced in AI 2.0. Check out how banks and insurers in APAC benefit from NLP.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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What IT Leaders Can Do To Diminish Fear Within Their Teams

Information Week

Fear can stop great work in its tracks. CIOs and other IT managers must play a vital role in helping staff push fears aside so they can focus on excellence.

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Provider Enablement Drives Long-Lasting Virtual Care Engagement: Key Takeaways From The Forrester Wave™

Forrester IT

Virtual healthcare has become a core component of consumer-clinician engagement. According to the Forrester Analytics Consumer Technographics® US Omnibus Q4 Survey, 2020, 41% of US online adults had a virtual visit for primary care–and the rate of adoption continues to grow. Forrester estimates that the virtual care market will reach $43 billion in 2021, with […].

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What Does It Take To Be The CIO At Walmart?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Walmart is in the process of making changes, what will their CIO have to do? Image Credit: Mike Mozart. There are a lot of high profile CIO jobs out there. However, one of the ones that has the most attention being directed towards it is being the CIO at the gigantic retailer Walmart. Think about it – there is a Walmart in just about every town and we all go to Walmart every so often to get things.

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Don’t Leave Your B2B Marketing Campaigns On Auto-Pilot

Forrester IT

From pandemics to local disasters, product innovations to mere budget cuts, it's easy for campaign plans to fall out of synch with their environment. Join us at B2B Summit North America to learn how to stay aligned to market conditions and business priorities.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Why and How the Chief Information Officer Role is Changing

Information Week

Business competitiveness rules and technologies are constantly changing, and with them, the role of the CIO.

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How to combat the security challenges of a remote workforce

Tech Republic Security

A year into the pandemic, 79% of security leaders expressed fears over the risks of staff working from home, says Cybersecurity Insiders.

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PowerLight is hitting its targets with a power beaming system that uses lasers

GeekWire

Powerlight Technologies’ laser-based power beaming system gets a demonstration at the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s David Taylor Model Basin in Maryland. (USNRL via YouTube). Wireless power transmission has been the stuff of science fiction for more than a century, but now PowerLight Technologies is turning it into science fact … with frickin’ laser beams. “Laser power is closer than you think,” PowerLight CEO Richard Gustafson told GeekWire this week.

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Amazon delivery drivers have to consent to AI surveillance in their vans or lose their jobs

The Verge

Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Amazon is well-known for its technological Taylorism: using digital sensors to monitor and control the activity of its workers in the name of efficiency. But after installing machine learning-powered surveillance cameras in its delivery vans earlier this year, the company is now telling employees: agree to be surveilled by AI or lose your job.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Vacation home startup Pacaso raises $75M, hits $1B valuation less than a year after launching

GeekWire

Former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff (left) and dotloop founder Austin Allison are co-founders of Pacaso, a real estate startup that helps people buy second homes. (Pacaso Photos). New funding: Pacaso raised $75 million in a Series B funding round and $1 billion in debt financing. The real estate startup, which launched in October, has already reached a $1 billion valuation.

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Gogs: How to host your own local Git repository

Tech Republic Data Center

Hosting your own code repository has many benefits, such as security and ease of use. Jack Wallen shows you how to deploy a local repository to your data center with Gogs.

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The Justice Department is worried about an anime monopoly after the Sony deal

The Verge

Sony’s plan to combine Crunchyroll and Funimation into a streaming service to lead its anime empire seemed as simple as tossing AT&T a billion dollars. But now the plan is reportedly concerning enough that the US Department of Justice is extending its antitrust review of the $1.175 billion purchase into a full-on probe, according to three sources who spoke to The Information.

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Comcast pledges $1B to connect 50M low-income Americans

Venture Beast

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Comcast plans to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to help further close the digital divide, provide digital skills training, grants, and free service and laptops. The goal is to sign up 50 million low-income students and individuals over the decade th… Read More.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin in the US

The Verge

The bitcoin payment option appears underneath the typical “Order With Card” button. | Screenshot: Tesla.com. Tesla now accepts bitcoin as payment for its cars in the US, CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter. The option to pay using the cryptocurrency now appears on the company’s US website, where it’s available alongside the traditional card payment option.

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How data and automation make indie game developers competitive (VB Live)

Venture Beast

Join GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi with experts from EA, Jam City, & Snowflake to learn how to leverage game and player data to its fullest. Read More.

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Asus says GPU shortages could be a result of low 'upstream' production yields from Nvidia

TechSpot

The company floated this theory during a recent investor conference call, in which Asus discussed its successes and failures during Q4 2020. The biggest problem facing Asus -- and undoubtedly other GPU companies -- is a significant shortage of Nvidia cards.

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RealNetworks launches AI robocall blocker, aims to ‘lead the charge’ in battle against spam calls

GeekWire

The news: RealNetworks released a new product Wednesday aimed at blocking robocalls, which are on the rise and have become the top consumer complaint to the FCC. The tech: Called KONTXT for VOICE, the software uses AI models that are trained to predict whether an inbound call is spam based on an analysis of voice and intent. Two “major” telecom companies are using early versions of the product.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.